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119-hr-5556119th CongressWALLET

Flight Refund Fairness Act

Sponsored By: Representative Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

In Committee

Summary

A 7-day refund deadline for ticket agents. This bill would set a firm timeline for refunds when flights are canceled, significantly delayed, or changed, and it clarifies timing cross-references in the law.

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  • Travelers: Passengers would get refunds faster because ticket agents must provide refunds no later than 7 days after receiving the funds transferred by the air carrier.
  • Ticket agents: Agents would face a clear operational deadline to pass refunds to customers and must follow the bill's formalized timing framework while keeping existing alternative refund language.
  • Air carriers and payment timing: The bill ties the refund clock to the date in subsection (b), making carriers' fund transfers the trigger for the 7-day refund period and formalizing when refunds must begin.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Faster refunds for canceled or delayed flights

This bill would set firm refund deadlines for airlines and ticket agents. For canceled, significantly delayed, or changed flights, refunds would be due no later than the date in subsection (b). Ticket agents would have to send refunds within 7 days after they receive funds from the airline. It would also clarify a cross-reference so the timing rules line up.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

FL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/29/2026

  • Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2026

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/16/2026

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